Competitions · Japan

Tokyo Open 2006

Tokyo · 30 July 2006 · 5 events · 118 competitors · 58 personal bests

Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹) won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行) by 0.09 seconds. 118 competitors produced 58 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 69 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) set the 5×5 single continental record: 1:53.02.

Two wins

Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹) — 3×3, 4×4

0.09s

closest final — 2×2, Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行) over Ryosuke Higo (肥後亮佑)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹)	15.95	16.13
2×2	Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行)	7.75	8.42
4×4	Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹)	1:04.80	1:13.10
5×5	Olivier Gaucher	2:13.64	2:18.83
3×3 blindfolded	Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)	3:49.95	—

The PB harvest

58 set · 14 still standing

Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹) — 3×3 single 13.59: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
Seizirou Ito (伊藤征次郎) — 3×3 single 16.26: into the top 28.6% of the event's history.
Ryohei Shimamoto (島本遼平) — 3×3 single 19.15: into the top 37.5% of the event's history.
Ryo Kurihara (栗原涼) — 3×3 single 22.91: into the top 47.7% of the event's history.
Takahito Domon (土門崇人) — 4×4 single 1:18.98: into the top 55.1% of the event's history.
Teruhisa Kawaguchi (川口瑛久) — 3×3 single 30.03: into the top 62.6% of the event's history.
Hideaki Takahashi (高橋英明) — 2×2 single 7.84: into the top 66.8% of the event's history.
Tomoyuki Koide (小出兼之) — 3×3 single 32.70: into the top 67.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

69 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 580 people who made their debut in 2006. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

118 competitors · 241 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

118 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.